Medieval Theatre
The period of time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.
What are the Middle Ages (Medieval Period)?
What is perspective?
This was the theatre that Shakespeare produced his plays at, until it burned down.
What is The Globe?
This character is the constable of Messina, and often plays the role of the fool in this play.
Who is Dogberry?
This Actor won the best supporting actor Oscar this year for the movie "A Real Pain"
Who is Kieran Culken?
This was the biggest authority during the Middle Ages, with more power than political leaders.
What is The Roman Catholic Church?
This new addition to theatre construction helped to frame the action onstage.
What is a proscenium arch?
These types of plays that Shakespeare always ended in a wedding.
What are comedies?
This character is constantly arguing with Benedick, and is the cousin of Hero.
Who is Beatrice?
This is the film which contains the famous quote from Robert De Niro: "You Talkin to me?"
What is Taxi Driver?
These plays were performed in Churches and told stories form the Bible.
What are Cycle Plays?
This style of theatre used masks and stock characters.
What is Commedia Dell'arte?
Because of the multiple classes of people who came to watch Shakespeare's plays, he would write plays with these.
What are multiple plots?
This is the event that Don John is trying to ruin with his scheme.
What is the wedding of Claudio and Hero?
In 2017, this movie was accidentally announced as the best picture winner at the Oscars, instead of the real winner, Moonlight.
What is La La Land?
This is the type of characters that are found in Morality Plays.
What are allegorical characters?
This Commedia character was one of the servants, known for being mischievous yet stupid, often moving and talking very quickly.
Who is Arlecchino or Harlequin?
This playwright was one of Shakespeare's rivals who was killed in a mysterious bar fight.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
This character was a Prince who led the group of soldiers we meet in this play.
Who is Don Pedro?
This actress played Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love, Winning an Oscar with only 8 minutes of screen time.
Who is Dame Judi Dench?
These groups of tradesmen were responsible for producing plays in a cycle.
What are guilds?
This Commedia character was one of the masters, who was a caricature of highly educated elites, often does not know as much as he pretends to.
Who is Il Dottore or the Doctor?
This was the town in which Shakespeare was born.
What is Stratford upon Avon?
This is the city that Much Ado About Nothing is set in.
What is Messina?
This is the first rule of Fight Club in the film, Fight Club.
What is You do not talk about Fight Club?